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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Amara go?
2. What does Jaime question?
3. Who ends up caring for Amara?
4. What does Palinor argue?
5. What does Severo give Jaime?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Severo and Beneditx debate about and what are each of their views?
2. How does Sor Blancha realize Amara misses Josefa and what happens when she does?
3. What happens when Dolca comes into Palinor's room on an errand?
4. What about Gaspar and his life does Severo think of while he is riding to see Palinor?
5. What does Josefa observe about Amara especially when thinking about her younger brothers?
6. What happened to Amara that put her into her present condition when brought back to the Abbey?
7. What does Joffre tell Palinor about Dolca?
8. What does Palinor tell Beneditx about his view of the truth?
9. What did Joffre ask Palinor and what was his reply?
10. What does Palinor say about men who break the law?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Now that Beneditx has spent time with Palinor, he realizes that a man can be good without knowing God. Palinor has been nothing but kind and respectful to the people he has encountered, and he has used his time at Saracen's House to study and to make practical improvements to the grounds and for its servants.
1. Write a comparison of how Beneditx's and Palinor's relationship has changed compared to two persons from very different cultures who get to know each other well.
2. If nonbelievers can be good and believers can be bad, explain what you think creates a good or a bad person.
3. Do you think Palinor is being illogical for helping people who might put him to death? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
There is a glimmer of hope for the nuns as Amara takes to the litter box. Her savage nature, however, is once more revealed as she immediately is accepted into a pack of hunters' hounds.
1. Do you think it is possible for a child to be raised in the wilds and survive? Why or why not?
2. Do you think, given Amara's age, she will ever be able to act completely human? Why or why not?
3. How do you think the situation with Amara could be used to test the nature versus nurture controversy?
Essay Topic 3
While Amara has survived, her savage upbringing and subsequent gang rape have subjected her to horrible atrocities. God is clearly not present in, or protecting, her life.
1. What type of agenda do you think the author has by showing a girl like Amara who has suffered so much?
2. Do you think a child in real life could experience what Amara has and be as well as she has become? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think the shepherds who gang raped Amara were not arrested for the crime?
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